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. (}---{) 1st day of summer is Saturday, but it has arrived already for us! The afternoons have had a nice breeze so it hasn’t been too bad to get my horsey chores completed. I have managed to get Whiskey rode bareback because I have been too lazy to saddle! Lol Have a great Thursday Whinny’s, love & hugs ♡ . If you are interested in running your horse for HOTM here are the months that are available: Oct., Nov., & Dec. you can post it under my profile or the COA page #266003!

Left a vote! The pair went on to win the freestyle state Championship of the year and tied for ninth place,in the nation. For the APHA dressage competition. Some might not understand the bond that forms between horse & rider, but Nelson & Jamie knew. With honesty in her voice Jamie declared "No amount of time would be enough time with him, I am so thankful for the 5 almost 6 years we had together. He had the most incredible heart and showed me you dont half to but a fancy warm blood to be successful in the show ring" More Tomorrow... Leaving a good morning vote to all, have a great day! Thanks for voting and supporting us we appreceiate it.

left a vote!Rode Darbs bareback yesterday, just a trail ride. He did good, plan on riding saddle today.

A genetic test was made available to horse breeders in 1992, and can id affected horses with virtual certainty. The simple blood test is available at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine , Department of Medicine, or through the AQHA. Breeders were pressurised to show that Impressive bred horses were negative for HYPP,or to remove them from breeding.The lucky ones protect their investments by advertising their negative test results along with their stud services and sales. At the AQHA 2004 convention a motion was passed to set January 1st 2007 as the date after which foals testing homozygous for HYPP would no longer be registrable, with mandatory testing for HYPP for the descendants of Impressive. The Appaloosa Association followed suit and will disallow the registry of homozygous foals from January 1st 2008. The American Palomino registries have gone all the way and passes rulings against both homozygous and heterozygous HYPP horses, also beginning on January 1st 2007. Part and half-blood registries need to follow suit and pass rulings on both testing and registration . If enough pressure is brought to bear it might eventually be possible to eliminate this awful disease from the horse population , so that Impressive may be remembered forhis impressive legacy rather than his infamous one. Thay's the end of Impressive's story, hope everyone enjoyed reading it. Tommorrow i am going to share about my and Darby's goal.... Thanks for all the support so far!

*We appreciate the votes*Impressive returned to the halter ring, winning 31 blue ribbons out of 31 attempts. Then in 1974, at age 6, he became the first World Champion Open aged halter stallion, with 48 halter points. Brown was offered 300,000 for him but refused the offer, saying "ain't no body in this world got enough money to buy him." Impressive was in demand as a sire, popular for his muscular and refined form. His stud fee was $25,000, he fathered about 2250 foals, including noble tradition, a four-time World Champion Halter stallion and a highly successful stud as-well. More Tommorrow, Thanks for your support so far... Left a vote, please drop by (:

*Thanks for the Votes*The Story of Impressive: Impressive was a chestnut Appendix Qh colt. He was born on April 15 1968.He had royal Thoroughbred breeding on both sides of hi pedigree. He was set to become one of the most famous & successful quarter horses in history. Impressive had many owners, his price rising at each new sale. Dean Landers bought him for 20,000 at the Indiana state fair. He used him for a shoe horse for a few months. After owning Impressive for just 3 months Dean Landers sold him to Fennel Brown for 40,000. Fennel uses Impressive as a race horse. Unfortunately he was soon excluded from racing and other and other performance disciplines due to pedal osteitis. More Tommorrow, Thanks for all your support early in the month, Have a blessed day.

***Left a vote***First i'm going to tell a little about the Appendix Quarter horse breed.

The Appendix Quarter Horse is a first generation cross between a registered Thoroughbred and an American Quarter Horse. There register a Appendix but not initially eligible for the full registration. The cross began it in Texas and quickly took place when the horse racing industry brought the Thoroughbred bloodlines into the Quarter Horse Association. Initially they were met with resistance by board members,but they relented to cross with the Thoroughbreds that that held the Quarter Horse type characteristies as long as they were registered seperately. Through the years and selective breeding the resulting cross is a larger,quicker animal with more refind features. Thanks for your support so far! More tomorrow...

May 3rd Newsletter!!! ***HOTD Flicka 263245 Hi my name is Flicka, or you can call me Honey. I'm a 21 year old Arabian mare. I ride English, my favorite treats are peppermint bites. Please stop by & leave a vote!

Congratulations Blazer our HOTD!!!

Top 5 quiz mastters!

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Today's Quote: 'Do not go where the path may lead, go where there is no path & leave a trail.

Hooves crossed for Whiskey to be ~ May HOTM ♡<)___~ Whiskey will return to the Doc on May 20th for his next set of x-ray’s. I feel he will be just fine, last dose of bute yesterday and I think in 2 days will tell a lot of how he is but I can’t know for sure until the next visit. I want to thank you all for all the amazing support throughout the month of April. I hope you enjoyed his story and I surely hope I can tell you many more story’s in the future of he & I riding together…God bless you all…..I honestly did not realize how difficult and demanding running for HOTM could be until now! Not having a computer at home really made this challenging for me, so again I cannot say thanks enough, sending love to you & your herds!!!!!!! Here is our finial tidbit on the Fabulous Rocky Mountain Horse Breed! In the early 1960s, Sam Tuttle managed the trail riding concession at the Natural Bridge State Park in Powell County, Kentucky. He had as many as fifty horses there, including TOBE. This stallion was often seen tied to the hitching post alongside all the mares. He became quite well known in the ten or so years he was ridden there. Besides breeding, TOBE was used as a trail horse. He carried Sam, and sometimes the trail guides who worked for Sam, with sure-footed ease over mountainous terrain for many years. Although Sam would allow other people to ride TOBE occasionally, it was always a ride closely supervised. He loved to show off his beloved stallion, but also kept a close eye on him. Everyone who rode TOBE enjoyed his gentle temperament and comfortable gait. It amazed people to think the well-mannered horse they were riding was indeed a breeding stallion. TOBE was used for breeding until July of his thirty-fourth year, and he passed on his gait, disposition, and other great qualities to his offspring. It has been said that TOBE's progeny followed in his "perfectly-timed" footsteps. TOBE sired many fine horses before his death at the ripe old age of thirty-seven. One outstanding trait passed on was longevity, as many of his offspring were still breeding into their late twenties and early thirties. Thank you for your support we appreciate it! Hoping to see him as the top horse tomorrow!!!!! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Tuesday votes!!! *** Trotting by with some morning votes, i am starting to only get on HC Tuesday's & Wednessday's. So busy, i fit in a groom and a bareback ride Sunday. It rained a bunch & hard last night... Darby is good! He's coming along amazing with his loping problem. He used to not lope on his right lead, now he loves it. Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Love To All ***

glad you 2 are ok!!!Finally that Saturday morning rolled around. I could hardly sleep the night before. Everything was running threw my head about what I was going need and about if I had everything ready for his arrival to our place. I kept thinking about how alpha Deacon was and how they would get along. After all they have road a thousand miles of trails together. . The more I thought, the more I felt like after the ride we would come on home instead of camping. I wanted to get him home and on our property to make this dream come true for me. I had never rode Whiskey until the day I bought him, can you believe that!!! It did not matter to me how he rode at all, I wanted him and that was that! We had a nice ride that day and came on home. Cliff broke out his tools and started working around the barn. Today’s picture is of Whiskey’s first comedy show for us. He said (ha ha) “Dad, I can bring this orange Home Depot bucket to ya, I know it has feed in it for me!” Enjoy! Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Hi to everyone! Thanks for stopping by and voting! I have been of for a while dealing with some things around the house and helping a few people out in their new adventures! I had a few things I needed to take care of for my health also! Titan is doing great! I'm still riding him 6 days a week! My big boy got to work with a few other horses last week and of course he did great! You can barely tell he is still a stud! Yes, he is still a stud! I kind of put getting him gelded on the back burner for a little bit! Still planning on gelding him but have a few things on the farm that need to be done first! Last night's ride was so relaxing, it was amazing! I hope everyone is doing good and enjoy your horse time! Love and horsey kisses!

voted ♡As we ate lunch and rested, Whiskey walked over to me several times. He would nuzzle my hand (at the time I didn’t know he was a treat hound) and I felt as if we bonded and we were linked in some way. I told Karla right then and there that if they ever sold Whiskey to please contact me first. He has marbling on his lower legs that are silver, chocolate and nearly liver color (see his profile picture for today). It amazes me to still look at how he is marked; he is just absolutely beautiful-but I’m parcel!!! He is our escape artist, the one that can get into or out of ANYTHING; such a smarty pants and a treat hound lol. Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

whiskey is sending hugs & loveMonday we left off about Whiskey’s color and me with 5 hundred questions for Karla! Here we go…That poor girl had never met me before and I could not shut up :) I then walked over and looked Whiskey right in the eye and he looked back into mine and my heart sunk. His beauty was striking and the color was outstanding. He had a smart, sharpness about him-I’m sure he was thinking “what in the world is she doing”. The ride finally got underway; usually everyone has me ride out front and calls me the trail boss! Deacon is a faster walking horse but can ride in the middle or behind after the first hour or so. Well, here comes Rio & Whiskey with their smooth selves!!! They just gaited their smooth self’s right past me & Deacy. I watched Whiskey and noticed he didn’t quite move the same as Rio but still a difference from a QH. 2 hours into the ride we decided to rest a few minutes in a place we call “Carol’s lounge”. We have names for all our spots we ride to rest or to take a break out there because it’s so big. Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Whiskey would love your support for his HOTM runIn 2008 the decision was made after a talk with our boy’s and Cliff. It was time for me to get back on my horse journey. I purchased Deacon in March 23, 2008 and then bought Whiskey in May 2010. When I run Deacon I will tell more about the 1st 2 years back on my journey. Now that you have some back ground on me and my journey I will start Whiskey’s story with me. As many of you know I trail ride and use to camp with the horses all the time, now we just day ride. Hoping this spring sometime to camp again-fingers crossed =) It has been 2 years sense we have camped out with them. We would camp at Mccown or Plowman Valley at Lake Whitney Texas or at Reynolds Creek Lake Waco, Texas. During those times I have met a lot of people and their different type of horses. On one Oct. weekend we had some friends of Bill’s that was coming that I had never met. I asked Bill as we all were getting our horses ready for our ride that day, what type horses did these friends have? He said Rocky Mountain horses…I said hummmm, never heard of that breed. The thoughts in my head about this breed had me so curious. Now tomorrow we are into his story fully….hang in there! Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Have a wonderful day ♡Early year’s cont. My brother-n-law took Tawny for me and kept her until she passed away in 2002. 2 years after the kick in the back I was brave enough to buy this smaller paint- Welsh mix. She was a beautiful tri-colored paint her name was Kallie. She was gentle and slower moving. She was fat of course ha ha. I didn’t have everything I needed (trailer, truck and knowledge). I had the property and a neighbor that would help me out. She had a quarter horse & we would ride the country side all around our properties. I had hoped to do more and learn more with horses but I was young and full of myself! Anyway, I then met someone and started dating and from there I got out of horses. That was about April 1991 when I sold Kallie. Then came along the start of my family in Nov 1992! The rest of our story will be of this last 7 years that I have had Deacon, Whiskey & Rocket (Rocket is Cliff’s horse). Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

I will explain how I came about choosing my Whiskey and Deacon so it takes us Wwway back~~~~~ lol ~ I got out of the Navy in 1986. I knew I wanted to get a horse at the time and I wanted to try barrel racing. I had a friend in California (last place I was stationed) that was running the circuit barrel racing and a boyfriend riding bulls so I guess that is what made me want to try barrels. I really just wanted a horse to care for and ride because I loved them so much. I moved back to Texas and started my search. I met a lady where I started working that raised quarter horses and she had a beautiful dark bay mare that I started riding, her name was Fanny. She was very gentle and easy to handle. My sister said I could put a fence up on her property and use their garage to convert into a stall and storage area. So I went to work with a few friends and converted this place and added one stall and a tack area. It took a few months to get everything ready so the lady let me make payments. Once she was paid off, and the property was ready I brought her home with me. Things just didn’t work out for Fanny & me. I’m sure you all can relate to the fact that some horses and humans are not a match. That is how it was with her, just didn’t feel right. The hunt was on and a new year began 1987 ~ Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Congratulation’s Queen Paige “Nuttin But Good” our April HOTM! Here we go with our campaign with Whiskey 237221 to be May 2014 HOTM! I need everyone’s support so vote on his page daily please!!! Every other weekend I am not around a computer so I will phone vote as many as possible, also 1 x a week that I will phone vote :) I will start my story with why I have and will ONLY have such well trained and gentle geldings, then I will start how Whiskey & I became each other’s very best friends along with some Rocky Mountain facts about the breed ♡ * Rocky Mountain Horses are slow to mature and do not reach their full size and weight until about five to six years of age. Generally healthy horses, they often live long lives but do have a tendency to be extremely "easy keepers". Care must be taken to keep your Rockies from becoming too overweight, particularly in their later years.* Thank you for your support we appreciate it! ~Sherry & Whiskey

Happy Monday!!!! Stopping by with Monday morning votes!!! Rode Darby sunday (Western) he did great! For cool down we went on our dirt trail. It was fun, Weather has been awesome!!! How was your weekend? Hope you have a great day!!!

***HOTD Lucky 267362 Hi my name is Lucky or you can call me Lucky Lou, Raya de Plato (King of Silver) I am a 13 year old paint gelding. I ride recreational and sometimes parades. My favorite treat is apples. Please stop by and leave a vote!

Today’s affirmation: “When god created the horse, he said to the magnificent creature: I have made thee as no other. All the treasures of the earth lie between thy eyes. Thy shalt carry my friends upon thy back. Thy saddle shall be the seat of prayers to me. And thou shalt fly without wings, and conquer without sword; oh horse.” ~Anonymous

left a vote todayHigh of minus 6 degrees celcius today.... Good Morning, well, after cordoning off the snow bank, their small paddock is about 1/3 smaller, Charlie can buck and do front legs stands on the spot, he doesn't have enough room to run and build up steam, but he can stand in one spot and blow of steam, he is so funny....I wish I could get them out onto the larger area, but I'm also glad for the gradual thaw. Don't want a flood. Plus drastic changes in weather are so hard on these guys. Trevor ate two small meals yesterday, this is very good. Have a great day, Love Donna Lee

***HOTD Charlie Brown 248874 Hi, I am a 20 year old American Paint Horse. My mom calls me Charlie Brown but her husband calls me Blue Boy because I have one blue eye. I ride some arena work but mostly trail ride! Please stop by and leave a vote.

Congratulations Hannah-Belle our HOTD!

Question of the Week: Do your horses do anything unusual while eating or drinking?

STILL LOOKING FOR SPRING....Good Morning my friends, unfortunately it is still winter in Ontario. Minus 16 this morning going up to a high of minus 12 degrees Celsius, that is just plain cold. Yesterday it was way too windy to let them out even in the small paddock, which is the only one they can use right now because everything still has huge amounts of snow....but I just went out for morning buckets and there is no wind, so looks like they can at least get some fresh air and sunshine today. It is a bit icy, so Charlie better behave himself. A few years ago a friend of mine had her horse go down on some ice, it was in a place where she couldn't see her from the house or barn, she didn't know until she called them in that afternoon. They don't know how long she was down, but she couldn't get herself back up and she was terribly stressed, it took 3 of them with sand and kitty litter and blankets to get her on her feet, she coliced so I figure she was down for a while, luckily, she recovered. I worry about my Sterly because she is old, but I can see them no matter where they are from the house. Pray for spring, we left a vote, Love Donna Lee

I'M LOOKING FOR SPRING??We left a rainy, cold it's going to return to snow vote, even the weather girl on TV last night said she just wished she could give a good forecast for a change...Looks like a "stay inside and get groomed day" their little paddock was starting to melt, I'm just glad we had good run off, so far no flooding in the barn. The next few days are below freezing again, so we have some ice, not good. I'm so jealous of all of you that can ride. Trevor is in the S L O W recovery stage. His great attitude is back, he said he is very anxious to eat solid food again...not just yet, one day at a time, thanks for all the prayers, we know it is not OVER yet...have a great weekend, Love Donna Lee

***HOTD Littlefoot's Butterscotch 265091 Hi my name is Littlefoot's Butterscotch or you can call me Butterscotch. I am a 2 year old Pinto mare. I won't be ridden until I am 4 years old. My fav thing to do is bother other horses:) Please stop by and leave a vote!

Thanks for the Vote!Leaving Titan a good morning vote! I rode Rose bareback last night. It was dusk at the end of our ride. It was so pretty! It was fun ride:) Thanks for the comment on Rose's new picture!

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